Our weather is special

Okay, here's how weather works around here:

Last Thursday we were getting predicitons of a big winter blast with snow and sleet. One of those "Run to the store! Buy all the milk, bread, and toilet paper! Save the children!" types of storms. So everything that taught anything to anyone was cancelled and the feds announced liberal leave. It didn't even begin to snow until the late morning/early afternoon. And not much at that. After midnight the snow picked up and by morning we had several inches. Schools were open, but starting late.

Yesterday was a lovely and breezy 68 degrees. Really and truly. I walked the 3 miles from my office to rehearsal.

Today we had rain that changed to snow, but only stuck to the trees and the grass, as predicted. The streets of Silver Spring are completely dry. So, naturally, I just heard school closing announcements.

Don't get me wrong, I don't object to closing the schools if the safety of children is at stake. In fact, I'm totally in favor of it because it drops my commute from 45 minutes to 25 minutes. But just as generals re-fight the last battle, our school systems seem to open or close the schoools based on the previous day's weather.

I bet they don't close the schools in Wyoming unless Jesus personally calls the school board and indicates that the end times are included in the bad weather.